The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa
The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa
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后殖民非洲的发展事业
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-030-51106-7_2
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2020
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Dilley A
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在1945年之后的几十年里，发展问题在全球政治议程上的地位急剧上升。欧洲帝国追求殖民地的增长、出口和福利，不仅是为了使自己的存在合法化，也是为了促进大都市的战后重建，尤其是通过收购赚取美元的出口。然后，非殖民化将权力移交给反殖民民族主义者，他们的愿望通常也是高度发展的，追求主权以改变经济和社会。在冷战的背景下，西方集团试图阻止共产主义对“第三世界”的渗透，并通过提高生活水平来支持和验证资本主义。这些力量产生了流动的发展语言和实践，而这些语言和实践本身又植根于关于全球北方和南方之间关系的想法。这种发展的实践不仅体现在国家和政治家的行动中，也体现在联合国和英联邦等多国组织的行动中，体现在包括企业和企业协会在内的非政府组织的活动中。
In the decades after 1945 development rose dramatically up the global political agenda. European empires pursued colonial growth, exports and welfare both to legitimate their existence and to facilitate metropolitan post-war reconstruction, not least via the acquisition of dollar-earning exports. Decolonisation then transferred power to anti-colonial nationalists whose aspirations were usually also heavily developmental, pursuing sovereignty to transform economies and societies. In the context of the Cold War, the Western Bloc sought to prevent communist infiltration of the ‘third world’, and by raising living standards there sought to buttress and validate capitalism. These forces produced fluid languages and practices of development, themselves grounded in ideas about the relationship between the global north and south. Thispraxisof development played out not only in the actions of states and politicians, but also in those of multinational organisations like the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations, and in the activities of NGOs including businesses and business associations.